COMMON TERMS AND POPULAR PLACES IN UNILAG
The University of Lagos popularly known as ‘UNILAG’ is a
school of the “Normal, Sub-Normal, Abnormal, and Over-Normal” types of
students. Everyone is just trying to keep his/her madness as low as possible.
However, there are some Common terms and popular places you
will not fight to hear from every Student you come across in the University. The most
popular ones are listed down:
Let me start from the simplest to the highest
GST:
Yeah! GST is an abbreviation for General Studies often
called GNS in most schools. Approaching an average Akokite with GNS instead of
GST will only make him/her stare at you in amazement. It is GST not GNS in
UNILAG.
Overnight:
This is another crazy and popular term in UNILAG.
Overnight in its natural term simply means sneaking out of the hostel at night
to read in an unlocked class. But here in Unilag, when an average Akokite tells
you he is going for Overnight, he expects you to start worshipping him because
it is believed that those who go for overnights are “gurus” and “efikos” or
“the jackers”. However, it will shock you that there are two main reasons why
Overnight is crazier in Unilag than in other schools: One, 95% of those who go
for overnight don’t go to there to read but go with their laptops to use the
UNILAG WIFI available in specific positions and watch youtube videos before
sleeping off. Two, 60% of the 95% go to overnight to advertise themselves in
nicest clothes and shoes and the boys with condoms in their back pockets.
Bonafide:
This is another term used in Unilag to showcase
pride of students who were able to secure bed-space in one of the halls of
residence. If you see a student bragging it really hard or in a heated
conversation with the hostel porters, be sure as hell that he is a bonafide.
This takes me into the next term
Porters/Squatters:
The porters are often called Hell
Descendants as they frustrate the lives of those who could not secure bed-space
but squat with their friends who secure. One of the major characteristics of a
Squatter is that he enters through the hostel gate with bold, non-smiling face and
fiercely walking like a soldier in the battle field, just to escape been questioned by the porters. But if that day is his
unlucky day, no matter how non-smiling he is, he ends up answering the question
“Hello, My friend! Where is your pass?” the inconsequential voice of the hell
descendants.
New Hall:
A real Akokite will always want to explain New Hall
to you in the night, because the explanation will come with physical examples. With
your unclad eyes, you should be ready "to witness the witness of witnesses" and
“nonsenses” because of the jam-packed male and female hostels in one landmark. In
front is the Access Bank Garden, where you will be opportune to see different
kinds of exotic cars owned by students who use the green carpet garden to enjoy
the night.
I think we are going to the big parts now:
Senate Building: If not the tallest, one of the tallest
buildings in Unilag is the senate building. It is the official building where the office of the VC is embedded in. It is also popular to have students
visiting it both in the night and the day not for businesses going on inside
but for the ones going on outside. But if you want to see some exceptional businesses,
come in the night. I won’t say more than that.
Alpha Base:
Alpha Base! Alpha Base!! Alpha Base!!!.....
HMMMMMMMMMMM……..HHHMMMMM. Can you see I sighed twice? No student has ever gone
there and returned happily unless he is a mere witness. This is the dreaded
security headquarters of the school with agents popularly known as Baba Blue.
But don’t call them Baba Blue to their face oooo or else, you will graduate
without convocation.
And finally crowning it all
LAGOON FRONT:
The Pride of every Akokite lies here. You will find
students sitting under the sun just to view the waters. Also called the Love
Garden, used by lovers to enjoy themselves in the serene environment. This is
the most visited place in UNILAG by tourists and freshers in the day but the
most useful part of UNILAG for staylites who come there for other businesses
that should be occurring in the other room.
And many more jare… the University is just filled to the
brim
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